The House Education and the Workforce Committee last month passed a bill that would significantly rework the nation’s main higher education law, but the committee chairwoman reminds stakeholders — especially community college advocates — that…
The announcement that Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn will bring 13,000 jobs to Wisconsin and partner with Gateway Technical College is great news for the state’s community and technical colleges and their students, but it’s not…
Blue-collar industries in the U.S. are facing a massive skills shortage. Douglas GuthDouglas Guth is a writer based in Ohio.More Posts
Candidates for governor in Tennessee largely agreed on broad issues facing education during the race’s first televised forum this week, except for a partisan split on in-state tuition for immigrants whose parents brought or kept…
Editor’s note: Global Connections is a new occasional column that will cover issues pertaining to international issues, from promising education and workforce models from abroad, to international students studying at U.S. community colleges. In the…
In June 2017, Connecticut’s Capital Community College (CCC) launched a new apprenticeship program — one focused on insurance. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of AACC's Community College…
The man Chris Hansen refers to as “Mr. F” had no interest in college when he got out of prison. He just wanted a job. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce is an education writer based in Boston.More…
Automatically deducting student loan payments from borrowers’ paychecks—and even tying the repayment amount to income, similar to Social Security withholdings — were among the ideas that seemed to interest Senators Thursday at a hearing to…
Stroll through Wallace State Community College programs like welding or nursing and it’s not unusual to stumble upon a student with an advanced degree who has returned to college. Russell Mooreis a staff writer at…
Wisconsin will spend $20 million on a job training program with colleges and universities designed to prepare people for electronics manufacturing jobs and to address long-term workforce development needs. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the…